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2026

re: ten years of powershelloriginal ↗
14 Sept 2026
technology is the tool, not the goaloriginal ↗
31 Aug 2026
book review: weekend languageoriginal ↗
3 Aug 2026
force multiplieroriginal ↗
27 Jul 2026
book review: wild dark shoreoriginal ↗
4 Jul 2026
dealing in absolutesoriginal ↗
22 Jun 2026
the friends you make along the wayoriginal ↗
9 Jun 2026

2021

runspace output, parameters, and variablesoriginal ↗
23 Aug 2021
baselining sql server with the tig stackoriginal ↗
13 Jul 2021
memory-optimized tempdb metadata bugoriginal ↗
30 Jun 2021
sqltop - an interactive sql server process vieweroriginal ↗
20 May 2021
hosting email for close to free on aws sesoriginal ↗
12 May 2021
combining sendto and powershelloriginal ↗
1 Mar 2021
self-hosting presentations using revealoriginal ↗
22 Feb 2021
query parsing bug in sql serveroriginal ↗
1 Feb 2021

2020

2020 in revieworiginal ↗
23 Dec 2020
eightkb is back!original ↗
17 Nov 2020
associating vmware drives with guest os drives in powershelloriginal ↗
5 Nov 2020
user input and menus in powershelloriginal ↗
17 Aug 2020
optional parameters with splatting in powershelloriginal ↗
13 Aug 2020
the chasmoriginal ↗
18 Apr 2020
eightkboriginal ↗
12 Apr 2020
sql server query store - two storiesoriginal ↗
11 Mar 2020
handling unicode in powershelloriginal ↗
19 Feb 2020
data céilí and my first pre-conoriginal ↗
14 Feb 2020
runspaces explainedoriginal ↗
6 Feb 2020
powershell classes (without classes)original ↗
7 Jan 2020
something neworiginal ↗
6 Jan 2020

2018

bash arithmetic and conditional logicoriginal ↗
21 Mar 2018
my blog setuporiginal ↗
7 Mar 2018
bash output, variables, and stringsoriginal ↗
19 Feb 2018
exciting news!original ↗
6 Feb 2018
bash, an introductionoriginal ↗
4 Feb 2018
a closer look at outputoriginal ↗
15 Jan 2018

2017

automation basics with powershell and cmsoriginal ↗
12 Sept 2017
handling sql agent job failuresoriginal ↗
30 Aug 2017
managing the sql server error logoriginal ↗
13 Jul 2017
getting started with in-memory oltp: reducing tempdb contentionoriginal ↗
21 Jun 2017

2016

monitoring resource usage with resource governororiginal ↗
30 Sept 2016
i'm still hereoriginal ↗
2 Jul 2016

2015

mariadb backups for the sql server dbaoriginal ↗
2 Jul 2015
retrieving deadlock graphs with powershelloriginal ↗
9 Jun 2015
reduce sql agent job overlapsoriginal ↗
22 Apr 2015
untangling dynamic sqloriginal ↗
7 Apr 2015
exists optimizationsoriginal ↗
24 Feb 2015
wanted: a mentororiginal ↗
15 Feb 2015

2014

visualizing statistics in ssmsoriginal ↗
11 Sept 2014
what i learned giving my first presentationoriginal ↗
20 May 2014